..Results confirm previous European-Asian difference in the understanding of the cause, manifestation and cure of schizophrenia. The impact of traditional and Western cultural influences on British Pakistanis is considered...

Demographic correlates of just world and unjust beliefs in an Austrian sample

A cross-cultural investigation into the relationships between personality traits and work values

Adrian FurnhamDepartment of Psychology, University College LondonJ Psychol 139:5-32. 2005

..As a result of the 2 studies, the authors concluded that there are robust associations between certain personality traits and work values, although they do not clearly follow the intrinsic vs. extrinsic distinction...

Parents' estimations of their own intelligence and that of their children: a comparison between English and Icelandic parents

..This cross-cultural study set out to compare the beliefs about the manifestations, causes and treatment of schizophrenia in a similar sample of 95 Nigerian and 76 British (western control) young people in their respective countries...

Estimating one's own and one's relatives' multiple intelligence: a study from Argentina

..However, there were also cross-cultural differences: The Greek women showed a stronger preference for a lower WCR and smaller overall body weight than did the British women. The authors considered possible explanations of these findings...

Attitudes and beliefs towards complementary and alternative medicine (CAM): a cross-cultural approach comparing Singapore and the United Kingdom

Adrian FurnhamDepartment of Psychology, University College London, London, United KingdomJ Homosex 56:299-318. 2009

..However, while British supported biological models, Japanese' attitudes ranged widely from social, biological, to cognitive accounts. Implications for approaches to overcome social stigma in the Japanese society are discussed...

Adrian FurnhamDepartment of Psychology, University College LondonJ Psychol 136:581-96. 2002

..Specific reasons for exercise were found to correlate with low self-esteem and disordered eating, regardless of sex. The results are discussed in relation to burgeoning published research in this area...

Factors influencing adult physical health after controlling for current health conditions: evidence from a british cohort

Helen ChengDepartment of Psychology, University College London, London, United KingdomPLoS ONE 8:e66204. 2013

..After controlling for health conditions Emotional Stability was the strongest predictor of physical health. Implications and limitations are discussed. ..

Lay understandings of defence mechanisms: the role of personality traits and gender

..e. humour, intellectualisation) than the less acceptable (pathological) defences (i.e. distortion, hypochondriasis). Implications for psychotherapy are discussed and the limitations of the study considered...

..They examined over 8,000 advertisements. National and cultural differences in gender stereotypes are also considered in the light of this data. The popularity of, and the problems associated with, the research paradigm are considered...

The relative influence of facial neoteny and waist-to-hip ratio on judgements of female attractiveness and fecundity

..To compare the attitudes about complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) of medical students from two different medical schools and at different stages of their medical training (first and third years)...

Helen ChengDepartment of Psychology, University College London, London, United KingdomPLoS ONE 8:e79586. 2013

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Correlates of adult binge drinking: evidence from a British cohort

Helen ChengDepartment of Psychology, University College London, London, United KingdomPLoS ONE 8:e78838. 2013

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Adults' understanding of child development

Adrian FurnhamDepartment of Psychology, University College London, United KingdomPsychol Rep 103:634-8. 2008

..This score was used as a criterion measure for a series of multiple regressions. The strongest predictor was the extent to which people had regular contact with children, indicating the role of experience...

..Theories of cause and treatment were logically correlated. Overall, the results suggest that lay people have reasonably informed beliefs about the causes and treatments of bipolar disorder, however recognition of the symptoms is poor...

Contributions to the history of psychology: CXVIII. Michael Argyle, 1925-2002

..08). The difference scores between Wanted and Expressed on the Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation-Behavior indicated that the Thinking, Perceiving, Extraverts had the highest differences between Perceived and Wanted scores...

Personality, peer relations, and self-confidence as predictors of happiness and loneliness

..Although mothers estimated their own spatial, inter-, and intrapersonal intelligence to be higher than those of their children, they also believed that their children had higher mathematical intelligence...

A comparison of lay-beliefs about autism and obsessive-compulsive disorder

..In addition, the results showed that body weight and facial attractiveness were the best predictors of overall physical attractiveness. Implications of these results in terms of social biases are considered...

Unattractive, promiscuous and heavy drinkers: perceptions of women with tattoos

..In addition, higher media consumption and higher (male-stereotypic) instrumentality were associated with, but did not predict, higher body appreciation. These results are discussed in relation to the extant work on body image...

A possible model for understanding the personality--intelligence interface

..The presented model may, therefore, be used to explore causation and further develop theoretical approaches to understanding the relation between ability and nonability traits underlying human performance...

..Regressing both estimated and psychometric IQ scores onto estimated and psychometric personality scores indicated that the strongest significant effect was the relationship between trait scores and self-estimated intelligence...

Estimates of emotional and psychometric intelligence: evidence for gender-based stereotypes